Archive of Nick Redfern

Mention the name of John Keel to anyone with an interest in UFOs, cryptozoology, and the paranormal, and doing so will likely provoke imagery of Keel’s research into two areas he was particularly known for investigating: (a) Mothman and (b) the Men in Black. There is, however, one case…

Time and again, I hear UFO researchers say that all of the “good” UFO reports filed by military personnel are being withheld from public scrutiny and consumption. By who? By “the government,” of course! It goes without saying that cases such as Roswell continue to intrigue the…

Thanks to the terms of the Freedom of Information Acts of a wide and varied body of countries (including the US, the UK, Australia, and Canada), we now have access to literally tens of thousands of pages of official files on UFOs. As with reports that reach…

When I’m doing radio interviews, I’m often asked how I got into the field of writing. Well, it was actually nothing to do with UFOs, Bigfoot, or the world of the paranormal at all – as many people often assume to be the case. I left school…

Like so many other villages in the ancient county of Devon, England, Widecombe-in-the-Moor has a curious history attached to it. On October 21, 1638, the village church, St. Pancras, was badly damaged by a lightning strike that killed four people and injured sixty-two. It transpires that there…

Back in the summer of 1997, when the Roswell, New Mexico incident was all the news (due to the fact that the case – involving who the hell knows what – was then precisely 50 years old), the U.S. Air Force came out with a still-controversial report…

About fifteen years ago, I spent some time in Taos, New Mexico, and met with an interesting, and now dead, character named Dan Salter (see his book, Life With A Cosmos Clearance). Dan claimed to know the inside story of Roswell, crashed UFOs, dead aliens, and high-level…

As someone who grew up in the West Midlands and Staffordshire areas of England, I take keen note of sightings of strange creatures seen in the vicinity. And, one particular interest of mine is the issue of water-based beasts reported in these parts. Back in the late…

In January 1995, one of the most talked about UFO incidents occurred in the skies of the U.K. Or, rather, I should state it was talked about for a while. Today, it’s pretty much forgotten about and seldom commented on. So I thought, why not bring the affair to your…

On numerous occasions, Bigfoot seekers have reported finding curious creations in areas where Bigfoot has been seen. Essentially, they are teepee-like structures that appear to have been created by something with intelligence – and a great deal of strength, too. The latter is made abundantly evident by…

Just a few days ago, here at Mysterious Universe, I wrote a review of Heidi Hollis’ excellent book, The Hat Man: The True Story of Evil Encounters. It’s a book I recommend to anyone interested in matters of a paranormal-, UFO- and supernatural-themed nature. In my article…

Back in the early 1950s, a new aspect was added to the growing UFO phenomenon: the Men in Black. Yes, there were one or two pre-1950s MIB encounters (such as the saga of the sinister character that terrorized a certain Harold Dahl, one of the key figures in the…